Recovered paper production rose 2.56% to 40,000 kt in Nicaragua in 2017, according to Faostat.
Historically, recovered paper production in Nicaragua reached an all time high of 40,000 kt in 2017 and an all time low of 10,000 kt in 2007. When compared to Nicaragua's main peers, recovered paper production in Costa Rica amounted to 110,000 kt, 5,000 kt in El Salvador, 60,000 kt in Honduras and 4,622,000 kt in Mexico in 2017.
Nicaragua has been ranked 80th within the group of 128 countries we follow in terms of recovered paper production, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Recovered Paper Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belize | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 300 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 300 | |||
| Costa Rica | kt | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | 110,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | kt | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | kt | 95,000 | 101,000 | 100,000 | 115,000 | 115,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Honduras | kt | 57,953 | 60,000 | 53,745 | 60,000 | 60,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | kt | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,900,000 | 4,622,000 | 4,784,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | kt | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 34,000 | 39,000 | 39,000 | 40,000 | 35,000 | |||||||||
| Panama | kt | 15,000 | 15,000 | 17,000 | 17,000 | 26,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | kt | 46,421,308 | 47,209,647 | 47,626,950 | 47,626,950 | 47,787,000 |
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